Expertise

Biography

Dr. Geetha Jayaram is an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the Johns Hopkins Hospital. She is also an Associate Professor in the Department of Health Policy and Management. She has an MBA and is interested in health services research. Dr. Jayaram has presented at many national and international meetings and has lectured throughout the country. She is involved in patient care, teaching and research. Her administrative focus is to improve the quality of health care for patients.

5. Jayaram G, Meuchel J. Mistaken identity in a patient with Schizophrenia. Book Chapter in The Value of Close Calls in Improving Patient Safety. Learning How to Avoid and Mitigate Patient Harm. Edited by Albert Wu. January, 2011.

Honors

Gold Medal in Dermatology at the All India Conference of Dermatologists for ranking first in an All India competitive exam, St. Johns Medical College, Bangalore, India, 1968 - 1974

Annual Family Practice Teaching Certificate, American Academy of Family Physicians (to those who have given at least 75 hours per year in teaching on a voluntary basis in a setting of family practice education), Prince Georges General Hospital, 1982

Gold Award, Annual Hospital and Community Psychiatry Institute at Philadelphia (for a program in community psychiatry), 1989

Distinguished Fellow, APA, 1990

District Governors Award for Humanitarian Service in Rotary, Rotary International, 1997 - 1999